Hemp Seen as Alternative Crop for Water-Challenged AZ Farms
by Mark Richardson | Public News Service
Newly legalized hemp, marijuana’s non-hallucinogenic cousin, could become an alternative crop to cotton for Arizona farmers. (WikimediaCommons)
Arizona cotton farmers, who soon may be looking for crops that use less water, could switch to industrial hemp.
The hemp plant is a relative of marijuana, and both Arizona and the federal government recently passed laws allowing the commercial growing, interstate sale and processing of the now-legal plant.
Hemp is used to manufacture clothes, shoes and ropes, as well as biofuels, medicines and more.
